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Friday, August 23, 2013

Flashing Waaaaaay Back

Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Sergeant George W. Mears (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. His citation reads:

With five volunteers he gallantly charged on a number of the enemy's sharpshooters concealed in a log house, captured them, and brought them into the Union lines.

Blacksmith Henry W. B. Mechlin (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on June 25, 1876, at Little Big Horn, Montana. His citation reads:

With 3 comrades during the entire engagement courageously held a position that secured water for the command.

Ordinary Seaman Charles Melville (US Navy) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on August 5, 1864, on board the flagship U.S.S. Hartford. His citation reads:

On board the flagship U.S.S. Hartford during action against rebel gunboats, the ram Tennessee, and Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Wounded and taken below to the surgeon when a shell burst between the two forward 9_inch guns, killing and wounding 15 men, Melville promptly returned to his gun on the deck and, although scarcely able to stand, refused to go below and continued to man his post throughout the remainder of the action resulting in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee.


Flashback Friday

Most of the pictures today (with the exception of a few) are PG and BP (Pre Greg and Before Paul).

My Labor Day Cousin Chandler... It looks to me like she is wishing my parents had one more child.  Her wish would be granted. 
Here we have On the Swing: Sonny, Chandler, Teresa Lynn, The Real Jane and Sally; Standing: My Labor Day Aunt Janie, Labor Day Aunt Not Janie and Mom
Sonny, Chandler, Teresa Lynn, Sally, Aunt Not Janie and The Real Jane
Nix (I think that's how you spell it... might be Nicks... or Knicks... or Hnicks with a silent 'H')... He's no longer with us, but he still has a special place in my heart.
From top to bottom... Aunt Not Janie, Uncle That Ain't Paul, Uncle DG, Aunt Janie, Mom, Dad, Nix (laying under Dad's knee), either Sally or The Real Jane (in the bottom left... I can't tell who it is), Teresa Lynn, Chandler and me
See if you can tell the difference between this picture and the one below (besides the way I covered Aunt Not Janie's face).
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